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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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The letter highlighted that access to the payments systems today is only possible through incumbent intermediaries – the banks and the card networks – which have not kept pace with the needs of consumers and businesses. It flew in on Dec. 14, the Friday before the week before Christmas, so you might not have noticed.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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This new feature, available to PayPal customers in good standing, leverages the company’s partnership with Chase, and Chase’s connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network, to move money instantly into the bank accounts of consumers and SMBs. And finally, that the banks and the card networks are the big losers.

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 Modo’s COIN of the Realm                 

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Modo’s COIN technology knocked down this wall and enabled Verifone’s Points Redemption Network to work in tandem with FIS’ Premium Payback Network, to allow consumers to pay with loyalty points linked to their credit or debit cards at checkout, in real time. All you have to do is connect the dots for all the different stakeholders.”.

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When Instant Payments Are Just Payments

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Driven by faster phones, ingenious apps and sheer market force, the move to instant is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with payments, opening up new worlds of risk and reward. FinTechs led this charge and fueled much of the innovation. Rarely do consumers and businesses agree on anything as much as they have on instant.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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Rails and railroads, Buffet wrote in Berkshire’s 2016 Annual Letter, are four times as fuel efficient as trucks , requiring only a single gallon of diesel fuel to move a ton of freight 500 miles. Largely immune to external threats like weather, driver fatigue and driver shortages, railroads can also mitigate delivery delays and uncertainty.

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